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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

DIR. JOHN FREDERICK BRIDGE is the most
famous organist in England.
MISS DELLA BECK, of Apollo, Penn,
weighs 4Os pounds. She is only sixteen years
old.
SEVERAL Cabinet members have already
agreed to join the President in his Western
trip.
CoNGREssMEN-ELEcT RICE, Of Minnesota
and Hare, of Texas, are veterans Of the
Mexican war.
ROBERT BoNNER's fortune is now estimated
at 81, 75O, 900, and he says it is mainly the re-
suit of advertising.
ROBERT J. BURDETTE is already announced
among the speakers for the annual Baptist
Conference at Indianapolis in November.
TIE Rev. Father Swemberg, who ef3ciated
at the hanging of Henry Virgins, at Palatka,
Fla, recently, has attended ll3 executions.
JAMES. s. RICHARDSON, of New Orleans,
the largest cotton planter in the world, has
this year IS ,0J0 acres in cotton and 1000
acres in corn.
GENERAL LoNGSTREETl lives in tarm house
on the summit of ridge in North Georgia.
His fortune is small but comfortable. He is
grape grower.
Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY will spend
October in Kansas, holding an equal suffrage
convention at the home Of each of the nine
Congressman of that State.
POWELL and Foraker, the Republican and
Democratic candidates for Governor in Ohio,
were classmates at college, were both soldiers
and are still warm personal friends.
CHARLES T. STEWART is the leading cattle
man of Iowa He owns 10000 head of cattle,
and his name signed to check for 81 ,5OO, 0O0
would be honored. Mr.. Stewart is quiet
young man and abhors politics.
DR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES begins to
feel worn and weary with overwork, and
fears general breaking down of his system.
He makes few visits and is outstanding his
strength, passing most of his time quietly
among his books.
SENAToR-ELECT DANIEL, of Virginia, will
add another to the list of lame men in the
Senate. He uses crutches, owing to mis-
shapen limb. Despite his disability, how
ever, he served in the late war as Adjutant-
General of Ewells division.
JEFFERSON DAVIS and Thomas L. Cling
man, of North Carolina, are the only eX-
Senators now living of all the Southern mem.
bers of that body, who, in 1861, were expelled
from the United States Senate for having
left their seats and gone over to the Con-
feieracy.
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WASHINGTON.

CHARGES of violation of the Civil Service
law, made against Postmaster Harrlty, OF
Philadelphia, some time ago have been de-
clared unfounded by the Civil Service Com
mission after an investigation.
A BULLETIN issued by the Signal Service
Office states that the recent copious rains in
the drought-afflicted West came too late to
cause marked improvement i'll the already
injured crops The weather has been gen.
orally favorable for all crops i'll the States on
the Atlantic coast, from Georgia northward
to New England.
THE Navy Department has received
Admiral Luces request to be relieved of his
command of the North Atlantic Squadron.
The Navy Departments rebuke of the
Amiral's action in the Canadian fishery
troubles led to his request to be relieved.
CONTRACTS for the building of five new
naval vessels-three cruisers and two gun
boats-have been awarded Their cost will
aggregate over S., ,000,OOO.
THE President has appointed William Par
sons, of Hartford, Conn, a special agent to
allot lands in severalty to the Indians on the
Umatilla reservation in Oregon.
SECRETARY LAMAR has ordered the resto-
ration to the national domain of the indem-
nifty lands granted to the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company.
THE Association of Official Agricultural
Chemists which is composed of one delegate
from each of the agricultural stations ana
colleges in the country and from other bodleS
exercising official control OF fertilizers ana
agricultural products, has been in session at
the Agricultural Department.
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AN OLD LULLABY.
"Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber;;"
Sweet the words that murmured low

flush, my dear, lie still and slumber;;
Sweet the words that murmured low
In this twilight hour come floating, y
From the days of long ago; !
When, by loving arms embodied,
Gathered to loving breast, -
"Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber,"
Lulled me to my quiet rest.
Sweetly now the words come stealing
To my weary heart and brain,
Soothing all my care and sadness, s
With their old familiar strain. 8
Almost I tonight could fancy, a1E.
Softly sung above my head ~
"Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber, 7.
Holy angels guard thy bed"
Soon shall life's long day be ended, Il
Soon the eventime shall come; -
Cleansed from sin, and freed from sorrow,
God shall take my spirit home, (,
And His messenger so sweetly ~
To this weary frame shall say. 90
"Hush, my dear, Lie still and slumber,
Till the resurrection day." -
e. NJ Griffith, in Ne,o York Observer.
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A GANG OF ASSASSINS.

Sixty Persons Murdered and Plum
dcred in Servia.
A gang of murderers has just been arrested
at Prot, in Servia, Their victims during the
past two years number sixty. Disguised as
qendarmes, the assassins pretended to arrest
travellers for various offenses, and then robbed
and killed them.
A deputy of the Prefect Of Pirot was the
first person arrested for completely in the
crimes 1t is believed that political motives
led to the commission OF some of the MUIR
ders.
Two French newspaper men and Prince
Alexander's groom were among the victims.
An official committee of inquiry has been dis
patched to Pirot.
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A Gourd Turned Into a Shoe.

A curious experiment has been tried
with a gourd. After removing all the
nroperties but the fibre, this has been
lasted and stiffencd into the semblance
of a shoe. The sole, which is of leather,
is stitched on with d-thread sew
ing machine. The top is bound with
silk of darker color. Of course, such
nm article could not be put to any prac-
teal use; it merely shows what artcan
and Leather Reporter.
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10000 Cholera Victims.

A despatch from Simla, India, states that
the medical returns show that 10000 persons
died from cholera in the Northwest Provip ,es
during June and July.
Many new cases of cholera and numerous
deaths are reported in Malta daily.
A Rome dispatch gives the following as
the cholera returns for one day: Naples, 3
new cases and deaths; Palermo, z cases and
deaths; Catania, II cases and deaths;
Syracuse, cases and 3 deaths; at other
places, 93 cases and 46 deaths.
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Fire Destroys 1000 Houses.

A great confagration ragged the other day
in Scutari, opposite Constantinople. A hi h
wind prevailed and the flames spread rapidly.
The fire was not extinguished till after l,OO0
houses and two churches had been destroyed.
Two women and child were burned to death.
Thousands of persons are homeless. The Sui
tan has donated $4,000 for the sufferers
and has appointed relief committee.
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THEY OWE $l7,OOO,O 900.
The Firm Which Tried to Control
the r. and O. Goes Under

Henry S. Ives & c., the New York
brokers who recently paid a large sum for
the future right to buy controlling interest
in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from
President Garrett, failed to raise the
purchase money, anil rave suspended,
their liabilities being estimated at Sl7, ,OW,NH.
Of this huge sum about $j,000, 900 is due to
other firms and money lenders, and the re-
mainder is in stocks and securities belonging
to various railroad corporations and used"
by the suspended firm. Henry $. Ives, the
senior member, is u young man under
thirty years of age. The announcement of
the failure was received with great cheering
in the New York Stock Exchange, because
the condition of the firms affairs hid for
weeks been a great drawback to a steady
market.
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Foreign.

PRINCE FERDINAND has taken the oath OF
office and assembled the throne OF Bulgaria
The Belgian Ministry has resigned.
A TORNADO in the vicinity of Lezignan,
France, has caused loss of life and properly.
THE fisheries of Newfoundland, as well as
the crops, have failed, and over $4,000 per-
sons on the Island are in destitute circuni-.
stances.
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Preparing Against Eviction.

The tenants OH the Ponsonby estate in Ire
land have engaged civil engineer to super
wise the construction of works of defens, in
preparation for expected evictions. Barrl,
cades are being erectel and trenches and
drains made, and in case of emergency the
farms will be flooded from bog.
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Kobe, Kunla anu Yeddo, famous family
of japanese puss belonging to New YORK
family. have all died since the hot season De
gan, Their loss is notable one In fsncy dos
Circles. as two of them have been centres Of
observation at the last three bench shows, and
Kobe. for which II $40 has been refused was
laden with prizes be had taken at various
times
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JULIAN F. Minis of Saranac, Mich, was
arrested and finel for drunkenness, and his
sweetheart broke off her engagement with
him. He claims that the arrest was unjust,
and has brought suit against the town for
S2O, 900 damages fer the alienation of the
girls affections.
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Big Crops Promised in Europe.

The crop reports received in London by the
New York World Bureau say that the yield
of wheat in Great Britain will be above the
average. In France and Italy a decided in
crease over last years crop is expected.
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DR. ELLIS, an American lady, is physician
to the Queen of Corea. She has apartments
in the royal palace at Seoul, and receives a
yearly salary which is equal to $4,000.
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South and West.

A WATER tank burst near Norway, Mich,
killing six workmen and badly injuring six
others.
ANOTHER successful train robbery has oc
CURED on the Southern Pacific road,th this time
at Pafago, a small station east OF Tucson, Ar
izona The gang consisted of four men, who
riaed the Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express safe
of more than $4,000.
A WIND and hail storm damaged nearly
every building in Renville, Mimi. avon A woman
was instantly killed and u man fatally III
jureG.
LATER returns increased the number of
killed by the wreck of the train near Chats
worth. ILL.,, to more than 10. There is also a.
large list of wounded.
UNITED STATES SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER
was committed to jail and fined S25 by Judge
Newman at Woodstock, Va, for contemptot
court. A placard had been paraded on the
street rejecting on the Judge in case in
which Senator Riddleberger was interested.
THE entire business portion of San Fran
cisco was shaken by an explosion OF the Glant
Powder Works at West Berkely, SIX miles
away. One Chinaman was Killed ana 1our
white men and six Cinnamon seriously in
jured.
HOLMES PURYEAR was hanged at Prince
George Court House, Va, for killing his wife
by poison.
CHARLES APPEL shot his wife fatally and
then committed suicide in New Orleans.
FRANK WILSON was hanged at Prescott,
Arizona, for double murder.
Ex-UNITED STATES SENATOR SARGEANT,
of California is dead. He was born in Mas
sachusetts in 1927, was several times Repre-
sentative in Congress, and served in the Sen
ate from 1878 to 1879.
ADoLPH ZENNEKE, editor of the New Or.
leans MdScOt, was shot while eJectIng from
his Office young man who had called to de-
mand the retraction of an alleged gross libel.
Zenneke's partner was shot dead some months
ago.
CHIEF CoLoRow, with about ninety Ute
Indians, has gone on tue warpath III Colo
RADIO At last accounts 4 Sheritf'S posse OF
1G4 men was in hot pursuit, and fight was
imminent.
PRAIRIE fires have caused heavy damage
in the vicinity of Mexico, Mo.
THREE men-C. W. O'Neil, D. Holzmann
and John Hackett-while travelling from
Thompson Falls, Montana, to the CGur
d'Alelle Dakotal mines on horseback were
set upon by masked highwaymen and robbed
of $4,000.
MRS. HEBBERT, an inmate Of Joliet Qll.)
hospital, has been in trance condition for
seven months The doctors are unable to re-
store her to consciousness.
SENATOR RIDDLEBERGERw was released from
iail at Woodstock, Va, on Tuesday. three
doctors certifying that his physical condition
was such as to render confinement dangerous.
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The Nashville Club having disbanded, new
series with four clubs has opened.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11

The mortar boat got its naihe lf,,lI @ nat '.s Was
= ,.,r,.ied. First u heavy woo'e" '.o''t t,;,,1.
h,,;1t Upon it were erected 'ei. ,-o,.e
.aa5o, wallis These slored inward ''''o ": .:.,,
ehont eieht feet high. They were ll''eu ar. m.,,.
a..'.,. ao won Inside was single he;''s ,,.o ,
+a,. v;t,, ammunition below the wafer .n;,, ...,
"a, 1nl' "..n n1so n tent for the gunneIs w'thm
tho walls. ,,,,,ei,,,re.1 for.
These mortar boats were eo''s,ue1.u :,
m;doblc twenty-five years ago .''' ,su.,,,o. su
tho Improvement made since then III oss'iu.
tive warfare that one shot from e'ci, u lilo,
crate sized Gun Of the kind now maze "oum
,.,oo,. an old fashioned mortar Boat INTO
flinders. - ,;a.
One youthful Confederate gunner us
t;nrnished himself gallant]y at the lower
water battery at Fort Donelsoa; .al Mnle
Foote's cunboats were peppering the BAUER
les to he right and left, this youth, !ohn w.
F'reoua, stood perfectly straight ut ms gun,
taking aim and firing as coolly as II ne nao
been squirrel hunting.
snow, boys said lie, stS me take n cn'"'
ney."
He ainesl at tue smokestack OF an advanc
ing cunboat. It fell, carrying with it the
aar. Freo,a threw his cap in the oir, yelling
deliaatly.
Again the lcrvy boy took aim. clear anu
straight Shortly he sent hall dtrectly
through portfolio, and then the gunboat feli
back disabled. The portfolios of the Boats
were quite large.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
Not Symptoms but the Disease.

II wouid seem to BE- truth apprec;abc
ov all, and especially by professors OF thc
healing art, that 10 remove the disease not
to alleviate its symptoms, should b, the
chief aim Of medication. Yet in how
many instances do We see this ,rul, aa.
mitted in theory ignored in practice. The
reason that Hostctt~r'> Stomach Buffers !,
successful in so many cases, with whic,
remedies previously tried were Inadequate
to cope. is attributed K, the fact that i, isa
medicine which reaches and removes The
causes Of the various naladics to which
is adapted. Indigestion, fever and asue,
liver complaint, gout, rheumatism, disorder
Of the bowels, urinary affections and other
sna'adies are not ralliated merely, but
rooted out by il. 1t goes to the fountain
head. 1t is really, not no,ninally, radi,
cal remedy, and it endows the system with
All amount of vigor which is the bcs, pro.
lection against disease.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
FOUR DAYS, FIGHTING.

To toll the truth, army officers 10 NOT
always write the clearest English, not even,
alas! regular army officers.
It is difficult, therefore, for the historian TO
gather from the colonels' and brigadier gener-
ais reports, just how battle was fought and
how and where the troops stood. Grants re-
ports and orders, what there are Of them, are
models of clearncss. brevity and simplicity.
From then, VIC gain more clear-heaf1cd knowl-
edge than from most Of the rest.
Immediately on the tall Of Fort Henry,
Gen. Halleck began forwarding fresh troops
and supplies aS fast ;.s possible for tho reduc-
ton OF Donelson Boys, on whose checks tho
rose had not yet given place TO tan, regiments,
as Judge Force says $50 freshly formed that
they had hard, changed their civil garb for
soldiers unifov..., were hurried to the front
/, help out G. mt at Uonclsoi.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
THE PREPARATION.

Turn to your map. You will see tat tho
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers run through
the state of Kentucky side and side, like twin
sisters. They empty into the Ohio not far
apart. They come near together first inside
the Tennessee line, aud flow through, that
state close beside each other. Tho Tonnes
sec forms part OF the boundary between tho
two states for some distance. ON tho Ten
nessec side. just opposite where the corner OF
Kentucky begins, was Fort Henry. Twelve
miles across from it, slightly north Of cast,
was Fort DonclsoI. on the Cumberland
Henry was on the right iunk Of tho Tennes-
see, while Duneistn, was Oi the left hank OF
the Cumb. rland.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
drunkenness, or Liquor Habit, can be Cure,
by Administering nr. Haine~' Golden
Specific,

1t can be given in cup OF coffee or tea
without the knowledge Of the person tax
ing it. effecting a speedy and permanent
cure, whether the patient is u moderate
drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousand,
ct drunkards have been made temperate
men who have taken the Golden Specific
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The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
FOOTE'S FLOTlLLA.

The Union sunl,oats mad done greao svr,i Az
at HeNy 1t Done;S,n the fleet did not dis
tinguish itself greatly, except by conveying
transports containing troops.
While Grant. with 5000 men, plowed
across the mud sea between Henry and Donel-
son by land he sent Foote with six gunboats
around by water. They were obliged to 60
down the Tennessee and up the Ohio short
distance to tho mouth of the Cumberland to
Fort Donelson. roote had to make circuit
IF $50 miles to 80 twelve
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
NEWSPAPER DH0DIolSA

!. Anyone who takes paper regularly from, the
Observation-Disclosures directed 10 his name Of IN.
uhess, or whether he has subscribed o. motifs re-.
spoasible for tho payment
,. lfa person orders hts paper discontinued he
must pay all arrears. the publisher will continue
to send it until payment is made and collect the
whole amount, whether the paper IS taken from the
postoffce not.
I. The courts have decided that refusing to take
the newspapers periodicals from the postoffce, Of
ycmoving and leaving them uncallcd for, Is triwo
Aseis evidence OF intentional fraud.
Papers ordered to any address can be changed 70
another address at the option Of the subscriber.
Remittances by draft, check, moaey order, or
ssgistered letter. may be sent At onr risk. All post
nasters are required to register letters on appca
4oo.
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THE CARONDELET.
The Carondelet is good illustration Of the
old.fashioned g,,nboat. It was the first to
arrive on the morning Of Thursday, Feb. Is.
1t opened fire. It may be mentioned that the
old Carondcle,. with the same commander.
Capt. Wake, was also the first to afterward
pass down the river under the batteries at
Vicksburg.
The rest Of Foote'S fleet with the trans.
ports, containing six regiments Of soldiers,
arrived Thursday evening, Friday morning
the Presbyterian flag officer opened !ire from
his fleet of six gunboats, four ironclads and
two wooden ones. There was severe fight
of All hour md a half, which did not result in
brilliant success for tho fleet. The boats
engaged were the ironclatls st. Louis, Caron.
delet. Louisville and PittsburS, ard the
wooden boats Tyler and Concstosa. Four of
the boats were disabled. The first iirc from
the Carondelet had disabled one Of the
:s-pounders in the water batteries. The
same shot instantly killed Lieut.. Joscph
Dixon, brave Confederate officer and tbe
accomplished local engineer who had assisted
in preparing the defensas of Donclson, That
was about the only damage apparently done
by the fleet. Then Commander Foote drew.
of the remains of ii and dropped down ont
of range.
MftG X {. ~ g:;Sssrza,. Sssssrza,.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
NOTICE TO SETTLE Ut.

.1I fc' sons indebted Ia Seiway Brothers, As .s
stRnees OF kirk kpatrck Brothers, hereby notnc"
.na! they fail to settle on or before the .sth daV
SI september with either ]. II. Holden or the "'
90 .esxned' sa't will be brought against them.
SS'M. SxLwAr Bros. Assignee
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
FORT D0NELsOr>.
Twenty-hfth Anniversary Of the
Great Siege.
THE STORY TOLD ONCE MORE
When. Where and How iic Famous
Battle Was Fought.

Alc, Who Ancrward ;:ccaTne Distin.
guisl,cd That Took Part in It.pOllt!-
cal Leaders. Senators, Governors and
Presidents That Were to Ec-"I:itl,cr
Side Ready 10 Give Up"-Trom Henry
to Donclson-The S"rtic That Failed.
Blue and Gray.
Once again the youn, people gather around
and listen while veteran lips tell the story OF
Fort Done]son. That story was made twenty
five years ago this February.
The writer's and racontcurs have preserved
the history more faithfully than the map
makers have. Neither Fort Henry nor Fort
Donelson is marked upon the newest atlases
Nature herself has not oblitcrated their traces
60 speedily. The trees yet stand as SCARED
veterans Of tho mighty fight Bullet mark,
stump and broken limb arc yet to be seen
when in winter they are unclad of kindly
leaf and vine
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
PLAN OF SIEGE,

Feb. III, 1867, the general order was given
oa"..tts .''s.. =" sa~s"h fro,., Harry to Dnnal
son. There were two roads; one, the Wynn's
Ferry road, leading to Dover south of Fort
Donelson. tho other north Of it some dis
tance. Tie two came together not far from
the fort. the northern road leading directly
to the fort.
Along these two roads the men marched,
starting the morning of Feb. 12. The First
and Second divisions moved forward. The
First division wos commanded by Gen. John
A. McClernand, the Second by Gen. G.. F.,
Smith. They moved forward, McClcrnand's
division by tho right hand or southerly road,
smiths by the northerly or left hand road.
They came together two and one-half miles
from Donelson. McClernands forces took
the right wing south Of Donelson, Smiths the
LETT wing north of Donelson. Later word
was sent to Gen. Lew Wallace, who had re-
mained at Fort Henry, to bring up the Third
DIVISION. He arrived on the 14th Friday)
and took position with his division in tho
center. ''''
1nus the Federal )rces invested Donelson
IN form OF crescent. A diagram Of their
position would show them a. follows:
Smiths division.
Wallacs,s division. nona,.o,
AcClernand's division.
inere was some skirmishing OH the evening
OF tho 18th between tho pickets Of thu to
armies. On the 18th the hattie began IN
earnest Col VIM. X. Morrison. Of ths
Forty-ninth regiment Of Illinois Volnnt.s,.
mad charge Of brigade that day in McCler.
nands division. His brigade had some II the
toughest work Of tho whole Donelson f1vht
Ineir work was to assault Mancy's batter.
on the Confederate left, at once the most co,,'
sp'cuous and inaccessible Of the entiro linz ~
WORKS They started to climb up hin ovo,.
inc tangled and terrible "black iackn ahst;s
- - aouole hre OF battery and infantry rakeli
toem 1ore and att Once they fell baci and
were Reinforced. Four regiments started ,,, ~,
tne h.ll second time. They were met ,x;,b ~
a no1ter hre than before. Shrapnel and r;aa ia
oa''s flew into their teeth thick as ho;l Thaw e
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
Timber Trcspasscrs.

Considerable trouble is experienced bv
the authorities of New York in keenin.
trcspassers off the 1000, GOO acres Of TIM tim
bcr land owned by the state. Last ven,
thieves stole nearly $l50,0O worth of
timber from the lands. Times
The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-11
Amateur YllcatricoIs.

Mary Andersen advises young wome,
not to have anything to do with ;.luatcnr
theatricals. us they arc "a Tremendous
strain on the nerves and do not pay ons
who has Il high ideal Of dramatic art